Tendered services to the Government
April 15, 1861. Not at first accepted, but finally mustered in
May 13,1861. Moved to Carlisle, Pa., May 29-30. Attached to Geo.
H. Thomas' Command. Moved to Chambersburg May 31, and to Greencastle
June 7. To Williamsport June 12. Advance to Falling Waters June
17. Action at Falling Waters July 2. Bunker Hill July 2. Occupation
of Martinsburg July 3. Advance to Bunker Hill July 6. Bunker Hill
July 15. Occupation of Charlestown July 17. Moved to Harper's
Ferry July 21. To Sandy Hook August 3. Guard Kelly's and Antietam
Fords and Charlestown Road. Mustered out August 17, 1861. Again
tendered services May, 1862, and August, 1862. Not accepted. Tendered
services June 16, 1863. Accepted June 18. Moved to Gettysburg,
Pa., to observe enemy. Driven from South Mountain and Gettysburg
June 26, and from York to Wrightsville June 27. Retreat to Columbia
and duty there until July 4. Moved to Harrisburg. Relieved from
duty July 31, 1863.

This battalion, composed of five companies, was organized at
Washington, Pa., from June 19, 1861 to October 14, 1862, to serve three years.
It was consolidated with the Washington and Lafayette Cavalries, February 9,
1864, to form a battalion, which was consolidated with the 2d Pennsylvania
Cavalry February 22, 1864.

SERVICE.--Campaign in West Virginia
July 6-17. Rich Mountain July 11. Carrick's Ford July 13-14. Burlington
September 2. Operations on Cheat Mountain September 11-17. Petersburg
September 12. Romney, Hanging Rock, September 23. Romney September
23-25. Mill Creek Mills, Romney, October 26. Near Romney November
13. At Romney until January, 1862. Expedition to Blue's Gap January
6-7. Hanging Rock Pass January 7. Bloomery Furnace February 14.
Advance on Winchester March 7-15. Strasburg March 18. Kernstown
March 22. Battle of Winchester March 23. Columbia Furnace April
15. Two Churches and Rood's Hill April 17. Duty in Railroad District,
West Virginia, until September. North River Mills August 15. Huttonsville
August 18. Transferred to Ringgold Battalion September, 1862.

This regiment was organized at Wheeling, West Va.,
August 19, 1861, to serve three years. It was consolidated with the Ringgold
Battery and Lafayette Cavalry, (Pennsylvania vols.) and transferred to the 22d
Pa. cavalry, February 24, 1864.

SERVICE.---Greenbrier River October
3-4, 1861. Expedition to Blue's Gap January 6-7, 1862. Hanging
Rock Pass, Blue's Gap, January 7. Advance on Winchester March
7-15. Strasburg March 18. Battle of Winchester March 23. Columbia
Furnace April 16. Two Churches and Rood's Hill April 17. Guard
and scout duty in Railroad District of West Virginia and Defenses
of the Upper Potomac until February, 1864. Actions at North River
Mills August 15, 1862. Wire Bridge August 16. Moorefield August
23. Glenville September 30. South Branch Potomac, Moorefield,
November 9. Romney December 1. Green Springs Run March 7, 1863.
Williamsport, Md., July 8. Fairview July 9. Hedgesville and Martinsburg
July 18-19. Whitehall July 22. Burlington August 4. Descent upon
Salem December 16. Jackson River, near Covington, December 19.
Petersburg January 10, 1864. Operations in Hampshire and Hardy
Counties January 27-February 7. Moorefield February 4. Consolidated
with Ringgold Battalion February 9, 1864.